First Day of Class

Yesterday was the first day of class. My early determination to pay attention in my first class was trumped by drawing pictures of bikes and Godzilla:

This drawing was completed in a class called "Professionalism in Computer Science," a class made as a requirement for all CS students because we are anti-social, are bad at public speaking, and don't know how to write. The first assignment is to submit a cover letter and a resume- an assignment that I have completed 5 times since I started college. I think I am going to dislike this class.

Every semester I get at least one class where I decide in the first 5 minutes that I don't like the professor. The professor of choosing this semester started the day off right by standing in front of the class and addressed us like a bunch of 5th graders with her shrilling, annoying voice:

"How do you know I am the professor.. Is it because I am standing here? How do you know I am not just some old lady standing up here... How do you know that..? How do you know your in the right class..? Because it says so on your schedule..? How do you know that?"

This went on for awhile and I closed my eyes and pretended it was all a bad dream until she stopped. She eventually started talking normally so at least its not like this all the time.

My second class on my first day was "Operating Systems," which the professor told us most of his class last semester found "hard," while the other portion found it "excruciating," so I am excited for that. He did, however, leave us with a joke I found funny, but you probably will not. (unless you are in CS)

Three men, a physicists, an engineer and a computer scientist, are traveling in a car. Suddenly, the car starts to smoke and stops. The three men try and solve the problem...

The Physicists says "This is obviously a classic problem of torque. It has been overloaded the elasticity limit of the main axis."

The Engineer says "No no no, the problem is that is has been burned the spark of the connecting rod to the dynamo of the radiator, it can easily be repaired by hammering."

The computer scientist says "What if we get out of the car, wait a minute, then get back in and try again?"

It is cold outside so I am going to hop on the rollers before class.

Adios,

JZ